Who was [Leonardo Torres Quevedo]? Not exactly a household name, but as [IEEE Spectrum] points out, he invented a chess automaton in 1920 that would foreshadow the next century’s obsession with ...
While chess games might be a niche item, neural networks that can deduce complex evaluation functions have wide applicability in fields ranging from computer vision, stock market prediction ...
Traditional games copy a popular game in real-life like chess or snakes and ladders ... One of the earliest computer games was called Pong. It simulated table tennis with two players trying ...
IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...
More people are also following the game as fans. Chess may not command the television ... commentary or automated analysis of moves (by a computer in real time) it can make compelling viewing.